Orderville Canyon - ZNP

Hiking down this tributary canyon of the North Fork of the Virgin River, you are dwarfed by towering Navajo Sandstone cliffs and spectacular scenery. The scenery is not all that people come for though, they also go to challenge the fun route and stay cool while hiking on a hot summers day.

I don't think I would have been liking it much in those conditions. ;) What month did you go?

It's okay in the summer, but yeah... the rest of the time it can be painful without a wetsuit! In the spring I will hike to the end of the Riverside Walk Trail and put my feet it... it's amazing how COLD that water can be!

The rangers should have given some beta when you picked up your permit... as to the temperature of the water.... that had to be miserable. In May that water is sooooooo COLD! The best times to go are mid-June to mid-September when the water is warmer.